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Black-Footed Ferret Poking its Head Out
Washington, D.C.

Congress Urged to Fully Fund U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Restore Workforce

The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and more than 150 conservation groups today urged Congress to significantly increase the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s budget for endangered species conservation from $299 million to $870 million.
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TUSCON, ARIZONA

¡Que vivan los lobos!

Conservationists are celebrating the historic translocation of two families of Mexican gray wolves in Durango, Mexico, almost 50 years after the last wolves were removed
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Beaver in grand teton
Washington, D.C.

Defenders Denounces Administration's Alarming Proposed Budget Cuts to Wildlife Conservation

Defenders of Wildlife today condemned the Trump administration’s reckless FY27 budget proposal that calls on Congress to slash critical funding vital to wildlife conservation.

Press Releases

Defenders of Wildlife Welcomes Recovery Plan for Ocelot; Concerns Regarding Habitat Threats Remain

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 15, 2016 Media Contacts: Rebecca Bullis, Defenders of Wildlife: rbullis@defenders.org or (202) 772-0295 TUCSON, Ariz. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife and Natural Resources Defense Council Support Biologists’ Recommendations to Remove Intake Dam on the Yellowstone River to Save Pallid Sturgeon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 12, 2016 Media Contacts: Catalina Tresky, Defenders of Wildlife: ctresky@defenders.org or (202) 772-0253 Margie Kelly, Natural Resources Defense Council: mkelly@nrdc.org or

Draft Federal Gunnison Sage-Grouse Plan Raises Concern for Species’ Recovery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2016 Media Contact: Catalina Tresky, ctresky@defenders.org or (202) 772-0253 Draft Federal Gunnison Sage-Grouse Plan Raises Concern for Species’ Recovery WASHINGTON

Environmental Groups Ask California Officials to Save Endangered Fish in San Francisco Bay Estuary from Extinction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 9, 2016 Media Contacts: Catalina Tresky, Defenders of Wildlife, 202-772-0253 or ctresky@defenders.org Kimiko Martinez, Natural Resources Defense Council, 310-434-2344 or kmartinez@nrdc.org

Depredations Lead to Removal of Profanity Peak Wolf Pack Members in Washington

Depredations Lead to Removal of Profanity Peak Wolf Pack The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has identified at least seven cattle depredations (four
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